A remake of last year’s terrifying Danish horror movie, James Watkins (The Woman in Black, Eden Lake) is directing Speak No Evil for Blumhouse and Universal, and Deadline provides an update this afternoon. Mackenzie Davis (Terminator: Dark Fate, Happiest Season) will star alongside the previously announced James McAvoy (Split, Glass).
What’s the point of remaking a movie that only just came out last year? It’s a hard question to answer. But with Davis and McAvoy leading the cast, well, that’s a damn good start.
Universal will release Speak No Evil in theaters on August 9, 2024.
Deadline reminds, “In the original 2022 movie, a Danish family visits a Dutch family they met on a holiday. What was supposed to be an idyllic weekend slowly starts unraveling as the Danes try to stay polite in the face of unpleasantness.”
James Watkins also wrote the script for the Speak No Evil remake.
Jason Blum will produce the upcoming film for Blumhouse, with Paul Ritchie, Christian Tafdrup, Jacob Jarek, and Bea Sequeira serving as Executive Producers.
Directed by Christian Tafdrup, the original Speak No Evil was selected as one of Bloody Disgusting’s 12 Best International Horror Movies of 2022. Daniel Kurland raved about the highly distressing Danish nightmare, “This claustrophobic character study eerily examines the nature of evil and the chilling realization that there doesn’t always need to be a reason for wickedness. Speak No Evil feels like the twisted Danish cousin to Barbarian and every tense moment of silence feels like it could evolve into a totally different type of horror.”
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